Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a09t0000009BXgV
ADDRESS:
750 NW Lighthouse Dr
Newport, Oregon, 97365
DATES: 9/1/2024 – 12/31/2024
DEPT: Bureau of Land Management
JOB DESCRIPTOIN:
Hosts may perform all of the following services:
· Greet and provide orientation and interpretive opportunities for visitors entering the tidepool area. These orientations enable visitors to utilize low impact skills and remain safe while exploring this fragile area.
· Provide visitors with area information and answer questions at the Interpretive Center desk.
· Provide informal Interpretation of marine mammals, sea birds and other wildlife at “interpretive resource tables” located at viewpoints.
· Assist staff in opening and closing site.
DUTY SCHEDULE
Volunteer Hosts must be flexible to variations in work routines caused by weather, shifting priorities, tides, and visitor needs. Host couples will usually be scheduled to work the same shifts. However, they will not usually be located at the same facility or program area. One partner may be staffing the tidepools while the other is at the interpretive center.
Duty hours normally occur during daylight hours. However, on occasion, hosts may be scheduled for special evening events and occasionally split shifts.
Hosts almost always work weekends and holidays.
Each adult host living on-site will be expected to contribute a minimum of 20-25 hours per week depending on visitation and weather. (Five days at 4-5 hours/day)
Hosts are typically scheduled for a daily 3 to 5 hour shift at the interpretive center, tidepools or wildlife observation decks. Many assignments are completed outdoors, in varying weather.
Teamwork: All volunteers must show a willingness to work and get along with all co-workers and visitors.
Professional Image: In the eyes of the visitors, the volunteer is the BLM and volunteers are expected to present a professional image in their dress, grooming, and demeanor.
Customer Service: A genuine desire to ensure that each visitor has an enjoyable experience is essential.
Youth and Family Centered: Should enjoy working with children and families.
Physical Ability: The ability to descend and climb the 130 stairs that lead from the parking lot to the Cobble Beach tidepools, walk across rolling cobbles, and on top of algae covered rocks is required. The ability to stand for long periods of time is also desirable, but not required.
- Visitor Information
- Working with People
PARK AREA INFORMATION
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (YHONA) is a 100-acre day-use area managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The park is located on a prominent headland just three miles north of Newport, on Oregon’s central coast. The city of Newport (pop. 10,500) offers amenities often associated with larger communities including a modern recreation center, performing arts center, visual arts center, restaurants, and parks within the relaxed atmosphere of a small coastal town.
Summers are generally dry with daily periods of fog, sun, and afternoon winds. Visitation is highest during July and August. Like much of the Pacific Northwest coast, winters are generally cool, wet, and windy. The park rarely experiences freezing temperatures or snow.
Throughout the year visitors come to view tidepool life at Cobble Beach. Over 65,000 seabirds nest during the spring and summer on the headland’s cliffs and near shore rocks. Harbor seal viewing is available most days. Gray Whales can be observed migrating during spring and early winter, and are also sighted at many other times of the year. The Yaquina Head Lighthouse, at the tip of the headland, has been functioning as a navigational aid since 1873. The site is open 365 days a year, with annual visitation of 450,000.
Compensation
An RV campsite with a view of the Pacific Ocean is provided free of charge. The 3 modern RV sites have complete hookups (50amp, 35amp, 110volt, sewer, shared telephone line), and picnic tables. Each site can accommodate a 35’ RV plus a tow vehicle.
Supervision
Hosts are supervised by the on-site volunteer coordinator. The volunteer coordinator will arrange the duty schedules, training, and performance evaluations.
- Slip, trip, and fall hazards
- Yes